The brother of the now dead notorious criminal Jermaine Charles, called “Skinny”, was on Friday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for the 2015 execution of an Agricola, East Bank Demerara shopkeeper.Twenty-nine-year-old Jamil Junior Young, aka Jamil Charles, was not required to plead to the indictable charge of murder, which he allegedly committed on 27-year–old Randy Persaud on March 10, 2015 at Agricola, East Bank Demerara.

Questioned about his name, the Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara man explained that he was forced to take his mother’s maiden name, since his father did not sign for him.

The accused also pointed out that he had not signed any confession statement, and had been beaten on the soles of his feet by police ranks, one of whom even placed a gun in his month and threatened to kill him if he didn’t confess.

After hearing the accused, the Chief Magistrate remanded him until November 17 for report, since the file of police prosecutor Neville Jeffers was incomplete.

Young has been suspected to be part of a notorious gang that operated during the 2002 crime wave, creating havoc in the country. On Wednesday, October 26 last, acting on information received to the effect that Young was hiding out in Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, ranks staked out a building and arrested him on that morning.

Reports are that a week before Persaud was gunned down, he had survived a similar execution attempt while travelling in a car in Brutus Street, Agricola.